Franklin Rudolf Collbohm (January 31, 1907 – February 12, 1990) was an American aviation engineer.

Biography

He was born on January 31, 1907, in New York City. He died on February 12, 1990.

Education

He studied engineering at the

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Personal life

He was married to Katherine Collbohm and had three children.

Career

He started his career as a test pilot for

Douglas Aircraft The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer based in Southern California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas; it then operated as ...

. He is most notable for being the founder of the

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. He has also collaborated with

Paul Baran Paul Baran (born Pesach Baran ; April 29, 1926 – March 26, 2011) was a Polish-American engineer who was a pioneer in the development of computer networks. He was one of the two independent inventors of packet switching, which is today the dom ...

for the development of networking infrastructure.

Awards

He has received the Defense Department's Distinguished Public Service Medal and also the

U.S. Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

’s Exceptional Service Award.

References

External links

RAND Corporation site

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